Language Apprenticeship - Starting Simply

The surest path between starting a child on a learning journey, and arriving is often not a straight path.Starting with a simple example builds confidence and skills before they could be developed with complex examples.A tricycle can give a toddler a couple of years of happy freedom and exercise before it is time for a bike with trainer wheels.Children don’t ride tricycles or play tee-ball with thoughts of turning ‘pro’, or dream of professional recorder-playing careers, but tricycles, tee-ball and descant recorders are good teaching and learning tools.They prepare the way for later development, and teachers and parents have been happy to commit to their use for a very long time because they work.